OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #605543
SOUTH WHITFIELD PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANY
CARTERSVILLE, GA·
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At 2:45 p.m. on May 8, 1987, Employee #1 was bolting a flange on a 6 in. water p ipe in a 13 ft deep by 3-106 feet wide unsupported trench with vertical walls. T he wall collapsed onto Employee #1, covering him with an estimated 3 to 7 tons o f dirt and killing him. Rescue personnel took the more than 45 minutes to remove him.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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